Department Research Activities
Astrophysics and Cosmology The UCSB Physics Department houses the campus astrophysics research, ranging from experimental work on the cosmic microwave background to observational work at the University of California / California Institute of Technology and theoretical work in all parts of astrophysics. »
Biophysics is a growing field of great intellectual activity and progress. Researchers are addressing such major questions as how the brain functions, and how nature's nanomachines, motor proteins and enzymes, move to do their work. The exciting new development is that rapid progress is now being made on these very old questions. »
Condensed Matter Experimental Physics is a highly diverse area of research, ranging from innovative studies of the basic properties of novel materials, the study of complex fluids and nonlinear phenomena, to the development and study of nanometer- scale electronic, spintronic, superconducting and optical systems. »
Condensed Matter Theory Condensed matter physics is notable for its diversity and breadth. Even the more traditional sub-area of solid state physics covers an array of physical phenomena, spanning the fields of magnetism, superconductivity, metals, semiconductors, insulators and more. »
High Energy Experimental Physics is a branch of physics that studies the elementary constituents of matter and radiation, and the interactions between them. »
High Energy Theory The members of the High Energy Theory Group have broad interests in string theory, quantum field theory, and the connections between the two. »
Gravity and Relativity We in the gravity theory group explore the intricacies of the gravitational field as described through General Relativity and its generalizations. We are especially interested in black holes, gravitational entropy and thermodynamics, quantum gravity and string theory, and quantum cosmology. »
Mathematical Physics Because mathematics provides the common reference point for all of physics, the UCSB Department of Physics has had a long-standing goal of building a deeper and stronger connection with the Department of Mathematics here at UCSB. »
Related Research Organizations
- CNSI: California Nanosystems Institute
- CPOS: Center for Polymers and Organic Solids
- CSCBE: Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering
- ITST: Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology
- KITP: Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
- LCOGT: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope
- MRL: Materials Research Laboratory
- Microsoft Station Q
- University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory
- WM Keck Observatory
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